Show all hands abandon ship A naval officer thus describes the realistic alt hands abandon ship drill two minutes after the word has been passed every ships boat has swung from its davits into the water and a minute later every boat is thoroughly provisioned and watered within four minutes and often in much quicker time every man of the ships company from the commanding officer down is occupying the station in the boat called for by his ships number and then the command sheer off Is given the boats arc hauled away a couple of hundred feet from the deserted vessel and she rides without a human poul aboard her often when the drill Is gone through in mid ocean in a sea that the landsman would account terrific then the word board 13 passed and eight minutes at the most all hands are not only on board again but every boat has been rc lashed to the davits all of the provisions water instruments and gear have been removed and the ships i company is in a fair way to get to sleep again |